Director of EHS Assurance and Risk- Hybrid

PowerToFly; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Director, EHS - Assurance and Risk to provide enterprise-wide oversight of Environmental, Health & Safety performance. This role ensures robust assurance systems, transparent reporting, and effective risk management.

The leader will drive the global EHS assurance strategy across manufacturing, commercial, and distribution operations, ensuring compliance, identifying systemic risks, and strengthening a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and execution of the global EHS assurance and audit program.
• Maintain self-assessments of internal standards and oversee audits across regions.
• Ensure audits assess regulatory compliance and management system effectiveness.
• Drive ISO 14001/45001 certification and standardize audit methodologies and tools.
• Inspect multiple sites as the lead auditor of internal EHS standards.

Job description

Position summary:

The Director,EHS -AssuranceandRiskis responsible forproviding independent, enterprise-wide oversight of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) performance acrossStryker. This role ensures robust assurance systems, transparent reporting, and effective risk management practices.

This leader drives the global EHS assurance strategy across manufacturing, commercial, and distribution operations, ensuring compliance,identifyingsystemic risks, and strengthening a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Essential duties & responsibilities:

Global EHS Assurance & Audit

• Lead the design and execution of the global EHS assurance and audit program
• Maintain and schedule self-assessments of internal standards: Oversee internal EHS audits and assurance audits across all regions and business units
• Ensure audits assess both regulatory compliance and management system effectiveness
• Support and drive additional sites to ISO 14001/45001 certification: Drive standardization of audit methodologies, tools, and auditor capability
• Responsible forinspectingmultiple sites as the lead auditor of internal EHS standards

Compliance & Verification

• Schedule Compliance audits: Establish processes for ongoing compliance verification with global, regional, and local EHS regulations
• Strong understanding ofglobalEHSregulationsandmaintainexternal regulations website with vendor